To my dear friends and teachers

Hello, my dear friends and teachers, i'm here writing this blog to tell u my leaving. I will go to a college in Vancouver to study, and i have already dropped my classes at UofC, so this week i will not attend any classes. There are many reasons for my changing of university, and it's hard to explain why i'm leaving. But anyway, I think i will have a better future there. I will leave on this Saturday~~

To tell the truth, i really feel sad to leave... I do enjoy the time that i spent with my friendly classmates and funny teachers( especially Scott). I think we really get along well with each other, and all of u are very kind and helpful. I'm so happy to have such a great class, I really really really believe that LEAP 4a is a wonderful group. And also our leader, Scott, he is an excellent teacher because he make students feel very comfortable to study in his classes and of course, everyone's study seems very good. Scott, thanks so much for your help in class and the extra grammar help out of class. I really learned something from u ~ I'm sure you will be a good professior in the future~~

And to my dears friends, good luck with ur midterm, and hope everyone can pass LEAP4 successfully, and do well in the real university ~ ~~~ I will remember all of u because u are good classmates and friends~~ and i hope i can keep contact with u guys. Here is my msn: jenniferzhu219@hotmail.com ADD ME ~~

Good luck with ur modterm again~~ I WILL MISS U !!!!

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Should I Work?

I often feel tired recently, and I wanna do nothing except sleeping. In every class, I have to drink coffee to make myself awake. But how come? I think the main reason is that I have a part time job now~~ I work at Noodle & Grill Express Ltd, which is located in MacEwan Student Center. In every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday’s afternoon, I go to work from 5 to 9. After go back to the dorm, I just want to lie on the bed. Sometimes I do my homework in the next morning. After four hours’ work, the only thing I want to do is to have a rest. Absolutely, the part time job have badly influenced my study. However, it’s not totally a bad thing for me. If I don’t spend four hours on working, I may spend this time on watching movie, chatting with my friends or playing computer games. I’m a lazy student, and I rarely do extra studying after finish homework. In this case, I prefer to have a part time job instead of having entertainment. At least I can make some money every month. I’m not lack of money, but as an adult, I don’t want to rely on my parents all the time. Sometimes I want to afford something by myself, such as clothes. I feel uncomfortable to ask my parents for money even though they don’t mind. For this reason, I strongly want to make money by myself. Moreover, the part time job motivates me to study on my free time, such as the ten minutes break during each class. As I know I don’t have enough time to do homework, I try my best to use every minutes to do it. As you can see, there are both advantages and disadvantages of part time job, I cannot decide whether quit the job or continue working.

I miss home!!

Time goes so quickly. The Chinese Spring Festival is coming. Mom send me an e-mail yesterday, and she told me all of my family members are shopping to prepare for this important time. I envy them and I envy all the people in China as they can enjoy this wonderful festival. The Chinese Spring Festival is the most traditional and important festival in China, just like Christmas in Western countries. In Spring festival, people don’t go to work; students don’t have class. It’s the time that family members stay together, and celebrate the New Year. At that time, elders also give their juniors money. It’s a custom which has continued for a long time. I got a lot of money every year during this time, and I could use this money by myself without my parents’ permission. That’s the most exciting thing in this festival. Moreover, we can go to our relatives and friends’ home to have dinner together, and then they will visit my home to do the same thing. During the whole festival, I can have wonderful meal everyday! How fantastic my life was at that time ! However, I will miss 2007’s Spring Festival for sure. I really want to fly back to China, and have fun with my family! I miss them a lot!!!! I want to join this important time!!!

Oh My God!!I’m Going to be Crazy!

Can you imaginate how my life is in residence? Terrible !!! Especially on weekends!! Especially at this moment!!!! There are a lot of drunk people shouting crazely at the lounge!! They are also knocking at my door !!! Fortunately, I have already knocked my door or they will crash into my room ! However, there is still a boy calling my name and asking me to open the door. I know who he is and he did the same thing before. At that time,I opened the door and then I saw a naked body. Of course he had his underwear. I was shocked and a little angry, so this time I won’t open my door. When people are drunk, they always do such embarrassing things. The problem is I can’t do my homework now because of the super noise. I also afraid to go to the washroom and take shower. Now I have to stay in the room. Moreover, the room besides me is a “ Disco Room”. The music there is so strong that it may destroy the whole building. I can hear everything from that room. Now the music is “Dirty Marry”. How can I do my homework with such an exciting music?Oh my god !! I’m going to be crazy! It’s not their first time to do this ! They drink and then be drunk almost everyday ! Actually it’s not my business, but they do a lot of crazy things that interupt my regular life. Maybe I shouldn’t blame them because they have the right to be drunk. I know I can’t chance their behaviour and I have to get used to it. Maybe it is the real university life! I don’t know….

I like blogs and I already have a blog in Chinese. I often write essays and journals on my blog when I really have some feeling want to share with others. No matter when I'm sad or happy, I write feelings on the blog. It's just like talking with a close friend, I type everything I want to say and this friend is very patient. I can talk with her at any time and talk about anything. Every time when I write my feeling on blog, I feel very comfortable and relaxed, especially when I'm depressed. Also there is another advantage of blog. I write whatever I want on my blog so that my friends may know my recent situation. If they find there's something wrong with me according to my blog, they write commends and try to encourage me and make me feel better. I like reading my friend's commends because in this way, I know they are still care about me. Of course, I often go to my friend's blog so that I can know what they are doing recently. I've never tried an English blog before. It's my first time and I really feel very good to do this in English even thought sometimes I can't totally express my idea. It's a useful way to improve my proficiency in English and also my new international friends can know what i'm doing from my blog. Moreover, as I'm a LEAP 4student now, I should try to challenge myself. This essay is just a beginning, I hope I can do better and better in the future.